Paper-roll protector.



L. B. HEARD. I -PAPER ROLL PROTECTOR. APPLICATION FILED MAY 8, I915.

Patented Mar 6, 1917.

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i '2 p f i LUCIUS 1'3. HEARD, or Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, Assrsn'on 'ro ANDREW J. BERRY,

' or nos ANGELES, CALTFORNIA.

PAPER-ROLL PROTECTOR.

To all/whom it may concern:

Be it known'th'at '1, Lucius B. HEARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles, State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Paper-Roll Protectors, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for binding and protecting the edges of rolls or paper, particularly such rolls of paper although it will be understood that the invention may be applied to rolls or similar articles of any size or configuration such as rolls of roofing paper, wall paper, etc., or bundles of the same; and the invention consists primarily in the provision or" a simple, inexpensive, efficient protecting such rolls.

It is an object of this invention to provide a binder and protector in the simplest possible form, so that the device itself shall be inexpensive to use and so that it may be easily and simply applied. It is also an object to provide a protector which, when once applied to a roll of any size, cannot be accidentally displaced from the roll. These, and various other features, are explained in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which, for the purpose of this specification, I have shown a specific and preferred form of my invention, and in which drawings Figure 1 is an end elevation showing my protector in place upon a roll, and illustrating my method of applying the protector to the roll, Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing my protector upon the end of a roll, Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section of the protector showing it in place upon the roll, and Fig. 4 is alongitudinal section of the protector showing it in place upon the roll.

In the drawings the numeral 10 may designate a roll of paper or any other article desired to be protected at its end edges, such as a large roll of newspaper.

My binder and protectorcomprise essentially a metallic strip or band 15 which is tightly placed around the ends of the roll as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. This metallic band has apertures 16 spaced throughout its length, and these apertures have their edges turned inwardly, as is clearly illustrated at 16*, the edges of. the apertures forming in- Specification of Letters Patent.

and reliable means for binding and wardly turned lips which bite or press into the outermost sheet of paper on the roll when the metallic strip is tightly placed "z tround the 12011. The metallic strip also has Patented Mar. 6, 191 7. Application fil ed May s, 1515. earth at. 26,731.

is cut from the strip and is placed around 7 the end of the paper roll with the ends of the strip overlapping, as is illustrated in Fig. 4. The device for tightly setting the protecting strip upon the roll is shown in 1. A band 20 is placed around the strip in the manner indicated, one end of the band being secured at 21 to the end of the lever 22; while the other end of the band is provided with holes 23 which may be engaged over a pin 24; carried on the lever 22. When the band is thus suitably engaged, motion of the lever in the direction indicated will tighten the band 20 around the protecting strip 15 and force the strip tightly down into place around the end of the roll. A suitable rivet 25 may then be placed through a pair of the holes 16 to set the strip permanently in-place.

As hereinbefo-restated, when the strip is applied to the roll, the flange 17 stands at about the angle shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3. This flange is crimped transversely as illustrated; so that it may be pressed or hammered down fiat upon the end of the roll to the position shown in full lines in Fig. 3. When the protector strip is thus applied, the inwardly turned lips around the edges of the apertures 16 bite or press into the exterior layer or layers of the paper It is easily Having described a preferred form of my invention, I claim:

1. A paper roll binder, embodying a flexible strip of metal adapted to be secured around the end of a paper roll, projections on the inner face of said strip to engage the surface of the paper roll to prevent displacement of the binder, said projections being in the form of inwardly turned lips at the edge of apertures in the strip, and means to hold the strip about the paper roll comprising a member passing through two i of said apertures in the overlapped ends of the strip.

2. A paper roll binder, embodying a flexible strip of metal adapted to be secured around the end of a paper roll, projections on the inner face of said strip to engage the surface of the paper roll to prevent displacement of the binder, said projections be i,

ing in the form of lips at the edge of apertures through the strip spaced longitudinally thereon from end to end, a flange for the strip adapted to overhang the end of the roll, said flange being transversely crimped so that it may be turned down on the end of the roll, and means for holding the strip around the roll embodying arivet passed through two registered apertures in the overlapped ends of the strip.

In Witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 3rd day of May, 1915.

LUCIUS B. HEARD.

Witnesses E. T. BOWEN, ELWOOD H. BARKELEW.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G. 

